Micropollutants in Antarctic waters

• Main Author: Emnet, Philipp
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Antarctic Environments Portal 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; McMurdo Station; Scott Base; Mario Zucchelli; Mario Zucchelli Station; Base McMurdo; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18124/d4v33x; https://www.environments.aq/emerging-issues/micropollutants-in-antarctic-waters/

Thanks to improved analytical techniques chemicals used in personal care and pharmaceutical products are now amongst the most commonly detected compounds in surface waters worldwide. Collectively referred to as micropollutants, they include pharmaceuticals and ingredients from cosmetics, toothpastes...